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IRMA advises NGOs, UN agencies, donors, governments, and private companies on policy, strategy and program development.

Capacity Building

IRMA develops guides and tools, designs and delivers training, and provides a range of services to strengthen the capacities of people, communities and organisations.

Evaluation

IRMA provides technical assistance for quality assurance and accountability, including for monitoring and evaluations.

Research

IRMA uses innovative methods to carry out research and promote learning.

IRMA is an international consulting company serving clients who promote equitable, risk-informed development and humanitarian action.

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Institutional Capacity Assessment of the Government of The Bahamas to effectively implement the mandates of the New Disaster Risk Management Act

To bolster Disaster Risk Management (DRM) efforts, the Government of The Bahamas enacted the Disaster Risk Management Act in 2022 (DRM Act). This legislative move signifies a significant shift towards focusing on disaster risk over post-event responses. The objective is to streamline functions and eliminate redundancy among key entities—the Disaster Management Unit under the Office of the Prime Minister, National Emergency Management Agency, and the Disaster Reconstruction Authority. These entities Read More…

Exploring the Evolving Humanitarian-Development-Peace Nexus: A Meta-Evaluation

Since 2018, a growing number of evaluations have explored how organizations have adopted humanitarian-development-peace (HDP) or double nexus approaches. These evaluations delve into progress, barriers and ways to improve connectedness and complementarity of humanitarian, development and Peace sectors. Commissioned by ALNAP, Lezlie Moriniere (IRMA co-founding partner) worked with a wide team to conduct a meta-evaluation on the HDP nexus. IRMA support to this study included the tireless efforts of Marilise Read More…

About IRMA

IRMA works worldwide

Integrated Risk Management Associates LLC (IRMA) works with non-governmental organizations, United Nations agencies, governments, donors, and private companies engaged in development and humanitarian action around the world. IRMA has deep experience in all sectors of development and humanitarian action, including food and nutrition, livelihoods, health, child protection, education, WASH, shelter, environment and natural resource management. As indicated by our name, we also have specific thematic expertise in ‘integrated risk management’, which enables us to advise our clients on strategies to strengthen societal resilience, promote disaster risk reduction and foster climate change adaptation, all of which are increasingly important in our era of complexity and escalating risk.

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